The Hustle Show: Entrepreneurs with No Filter

Monetize Hobbies with Jacques Hopkins. On today's episode, Jacques Hopkins shares the struggles and the journey that he went through from being a full-time engineer to become a modern-fast paced piano teacher. Jacques gave himself a predetermined date for his business to start supporting him, his wife and 6-months old daughter. During this time, Jacques and his family were living off of his life savings. It's truly fascinating to me, when people turn their passionate hobby like playing piano and turned it into an extremely profitable business. Jacques incredible story is one to listen and take notes... We all have hobbies that we could potentially monetize like him, so sit tight and enjoy the journey of Episode 7, as Jacques shares how to turn your hobby into a profitable course. Connect with Jacques Hopkins: https://pianoin21days.com/

Quit Job with Heather DeSantis. On THS 6 my very good friend Heather DeSantis joins us to share with us the story behind quitting her $50k a year job in her early 20s to start and become a PR Agency making $30k per month! Her story is definitely one that you must listen and pay attention. I met Heather a month after she had quit her job. I saw Heather go through all the struggles, working all day on her business, working a low paying part-time job to pay the bills, and now having her own team of PR experts and taking care of dozens of entrepreneurs' public relations. I'm very proud of everything that Heather has achieved and it's inspiring to hear her story and all what she's been through... She makes us understand that there is absolutely nothing that can stop us to accomplish our goals and make our dreams come true.

Inspiration with Lakshmia Marie. On today's episode, Lakshmia from LMF Consulting Group shares with us her hustling story that she had never shared before. Lakshmia went from being homeless, living in a hotel, using Target's wifi to build her business, to owning and running an amazing digital marketing agency by the age of 23. But is not only about what she has achieved even being so young, her energy and all the struggles that she went through is what will inspire you to go for it, all in, even if it gets though, Lakshmia shares with us how she was able to keep going and what kept her motivated. We also share the same vision as Lakshmia, she runs her business as we run our show: full of transparency, honest and direct and she is a great story to share with you. So click play and enjoy the ride with Lakshmia!

Success with Social Sonja. On today's episode, Social Sonja shares great insights with us about how she always thought that being jack of all trades and offering variety of marketing services would help her position her business. She soon realized that by focusing on one thing and get to be known as an expert in that area would take her much further than being jack of all trades.  Social Sonja is a Social Media Expert that is well known in the industry now, but this wasn't the case some years ago. Social Sonja had a rough time growing up in Serbia. She comes from a small 1,800 people town, where women got married very young, and her parents couldn't afford her college. Of course for a strong girl like Social Sonja, she had hunger for achieving what people had told her it was impossible. She worked hard and save to attend college. Then, she moved to the US not knowing english, with an empty bank account, and had no idea where to start.  Social Sonja has achieved amazing things in her life and with her business and she holds nothing back on today's episode. You're in for a treat! So click play and enjoy the ride. 

Negativity with Jeremy Wenger. I felt incredibly connected and inspired by Jeremy Wenger. For me, it's amazing to see how you can overcome one of the hardest thing in life, and not only that, but turn that strength into a real business. What Jeremy has accomplished is truly amazing and a real hustler story that I couldn't pass on sharing; I had to get him on the show! Jeremy comes from a very hard childhood with an abusive dad, a life changing tragic, and an entrepreneurial background since he was in elementary school. Connect with Jeremy by sending a PM to his FB Page here: https://www.messenger.com/t/JeremyWengerOfficial He'll share all his info and the best way for you to join his community! PS.I do apologize that we had to do the interview on Jeremy's in 2 parts using his phone, and although we did our best to master his audio, it's still a little rough but the content he shared is so amazing that we couldn't skip it!

Fears with Ramon Smothers from RamonSmothers.com joins us to share his incredible journey of how he was able to overcome his biggest fears, how he turned his life around when everything went wrong for him, and how he was able to build a successful online business blogging. Ramon is a true hustler story of how you can monetize your passion and turn your life around after you transition from employee to entrepreneur. Ramon started his blog RamonSmothers.com, where he started sharing all what he was going through during the transition of full-time engineer to a blogger. After hearing all the positive feedback from people who loved his story and the content he was sharing, he then took the risk to write a book to inspire others to follow his lead. Right now, Ramon and his wife have an awesome podcast: The 2 Peas in a Pod Podcast that you must go and check out! They provide awesome inspiration, tips and tricks they've learned through their journey of online business. I had a blast chatting with Ramon! He's a super cool guy and love everything that he's doing... I wish you the best of success man! -Keep hustling. Christian.

Motivation with David Markovich. On today's episode, we have an amazing chat with David Markovich from Online Geniuses, the founder of a 20,000 people Slack community for marketers. David Markovich grew this community from 200 to 20,000 members, providing incredible content to all its members including meetups and conferences around the country. David's passion towards communities led him to create a very engaging community and has become one of the top places to hang out if you're an online marketer. Although Online Geniuses started as a Skype Community, David knew that if he wanted the community to grow exponentially he was going to need a more efficient platform than Skype, that's when they moved on to Slack (A super useful tool for communication and real time chatting). Although David agrees that entrepreneurship is hard, he shared with us what kept him going and why he did not quit when things got though. He also taught us that the big secret of success and how he's able to stay ahead of the next trend and act with perfect timing.

Entrepreneur Christian Arriola shares why he started The Hustle Show This message is for all fellow entrepreneurs and wantpreneurs: a few days ago I had another amazing chat with my fiance about our future, and I had one of the biggest "aha" moments in my life... Ironically, it came right after my amazing solo adventure to San Francisco, which was my original intention on making this trip. I came to realize that we all have this stupid idea that entrepreneurship is glamorous, easy, private jets, fancy cars, and big houses... We've all seen the overnight success story of hundreds of entrepreneurs. It got to the point where we are seeing these stories in movies and Netflix shows! Of course they're pretty nice things to own, but they're definitely not a necessity on your journey to true happiness. I finally understood why some people say money is not happiness I cant believe how blind I was! I can see it now, they were all right! I don't care how much money you make, it WILL NEVER buy your REAL HAPPINESS. True happiness comes from inner piece, loving yourself, and accepting every inch of you. This happiness is the one that drives you and motivates you to a new level of yourself. However, even me after 19 years of entrepreneurship I still doubt of myself, I have good days, but I have many more horrible days. I feel stressed 23hrs a day, every day. Sometimes I can easily loose my motivation, focus, and sometimes I swear I feel ready to quit and get a regular job. My "aha" moment Which brings me back to my “aha” moment… Of course I’m not the first entrepreneur on this planet, neither will I be the last. But I thought: If I go through rough patches and have all these crazy emotions that spins my world around, I can't be the only one suffering through this journey, Right? After finally figuring out what I love doing and what makes me happy, I decided to start a new chapter in my journey. I think is time for me to share experiences and give back to MY entrepreneurial community. The best way to do it, is through starting my own Youtube Show: The Hustle Show. On The Hustle Show I will feature passionate entrepreneurs, interview them and share all the hustle and hard moments they went through (or are still going through) on their journey to success. I want to use failures and struggle stories to change your mindset, to get you moving, to get your ASS to ACT on ideas, and to comprehend that entrepreneurship is as HARD as FUCK, yet is the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done. You are not alone in your journey, I'm here for you! Maybe you already have a mentor and guidance on your journey, but I know how hard it is to find one when you’re starting out and when you need it the most. Entrepreneurship is like going to the gym: if you try doing it on your own, you’ll loose hope, traction, and you won’t get to where you want. You need somebody to be pushing you against your will, to ask for 10 more even after you’re done, and to get you back on your feet on those difficult days. My vision is to be able to help thousands of fellow entrepreneurs to not loose hope and not to quit, by getting you stories of real people that went through what you’re going through. If this resonate to you or you have a hustle story to share, be my guest! And join this new movement: The Hustle Show. Christian Arriola